Yahu

noun

Ya·​hu

ˈyäˌhü

: yahweh

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, transliteration of the Hebrew tetragrammaton Yhwh as some modern scholars believe it was pronounced before the Jews ceased to pronounce it about three centuries b.c.

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